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The '''Elvish Linguistic Fellowship''' ('''E. L. F.''') is a "Special Interest Group" of the [[Mythopoeic Society]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mythsoc.org/groups/#SIG |title=Special Interest Group |publisher=[[Mythopoeic Society]] |access-date=2011-01-22 |archive-date=2011-03-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110307212058/http://www.mythsoc.org/groups/#SIG |url-status=dead }}</ref> devoted to the study of [[Languages constructed by J. R. R. Tolkien|J. R. R. Tolkien's constructed languages]], headed by the computer scientist [[Carl F. Hostetter]]. It was founded by Jorge Quiñónez in 1988.

== Organising Tolkien's language writings ==

In 1992, [[Christopher Tolkien]] appointed the editors of the E.L.F. to order, edit, and then publish his father's writings concerning his [[constructed languages]]. They have worked from photocopies of the materials sent to them and from notes taken by the group's members in the [[Bodleian]] and [[Marquette University]] Tolkien manuscript archives. This main course of publication is being carried out intermittently in the journal ''Parma Eldalamberon''. There are, however, some writings that are largely independent, and/or whose context has been sufficiently established by Christopher Tolkien's own chronological publication efforts in ''[[The History of Middle-earth]],'' and so do not have to be presented in the normal chronological flow of the larger project. Such materials are being published in the journal ''Vinyar Tengwar''. Members include Christopher Gilson, [[Carl F. Hostetter]], [[Arden R. Smith]], Bill Welden, and Patrick H. Wynne.

== Journals ==


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The E. L. F. publishes two journals,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elvish.org/VT/ |title=Vinyar Tengwar |last=Hostetter |first=Carl F. |author-link=Carl F. Hostetter |work=The Elvish Linguistic Fellowship |access-date=2011-01-01 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eldalamberon.com/parma1.html |title=Parma Eldalamberon |work=Wladalaberon |publisher=The Elvish Linguistic Fellowship |access-date=2011-01-01 |quote=Parma Eldalamberon ... The Book of Elven Tongues ... is a journal of linguistic studies of fantasy literature, especially of the Elvish languages and nomenclature in the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110709162701/http://www.eldalamberon.com/parma1.html |archive-date=2011-07-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref> '''''Vinyar Tengwar''''', edited by Hostetter, and '''''Parma Eldalamberon''''', edited by Christopher Gilson. There is an online journal, ''Tengwestië'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elvish.org/Tengwestie/ |title=Tengwestië |publisher=[[Carl F. Hostetter]] and Patrick H. Wynne}}</ref> edited by Hostetter and Patrick H. Wynne; and it sponsors the ''Lambengolmor'' (Quenya: "loremasters"<ref>{{ME-ref|WJ}} Part Four. "Quendi and Eldar", pp. 396-398</ref>) mailing list.<ref name="Hostetter 2007">{{cite journal |last=Hostetter |first=Carl F. |author-link=Carl Hostetter |title=Tolkienian Linguistics: The First Fifty Years |journal=[[Tolkien Studies]] |date=2007 |volume=4 |issue=1 |pages=1-46 |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/20/article/215132/summary |via=[[Project Muse]]}}</ref>

=== ''Parma Eldalamberon'' ===

''Parma Eldalamberon'' (broken [[Quenya]] for 'The Book of Elven-tongues') was founded in 1971 as a fanzine devoted to a variety of invented [[constructed languages|literary languages]], initially published under the auspices of the [[Mythopoeic Society]], and then taken over by the Elvish Linguistic Fellowship.<ref>{{cite web |title=Store: Parma Eldalamberon |url=https://www.mythsoc.org/store.htm#parma |publisher=[[Mythopoeic Society]] |access-date=31 May 2024 |quote=Parma Eldalamberon ("The Book of Elven Tongues") is a journal of linguistic studies of fantasy literature, especially of the Elvish languages and nomenclature in the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. Photocopies of the first five issues are available here. ... Parma Eldalamberon 1 (1971)}}</ref>

In 1995, with the support of Christopher Tolkien and permission of the [[Tolkien Estate]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eldalamberon.com/parma1.html |title=Parma Eldalamberon ... The Book of Elven Tongues |work=Eldalamberon |publisher=The Elvish Linguistic Fellowship |access-date=1 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110709162701/http://www.eldalamberon.com/parma1.html |archive-date=9 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ''Parma'' was reinvented as a series of standalone volumes publishing in full material from Tolkien's manuscripts relating to languages and scripts.  Much of this material was previously unpublished or published only in heavily edited form. For example, selections from the "Gnomish Lexicon", published in full in ''Parma Eldalamberon'' #11, were published in the Appendices to ''[[The Book of Lost Tales]]''.<ref>[http://www.eldalamberon.com/parma11.html ''I Lam na Ngoldathon'': The Grammar and Lexicon of the Gnomish Tongue]</ref>

=== ''Vinyar Tengwar'' ===

''Vinyar Tengwar'' (broken Quenya for "News Letters") is a refereed journal<ref>{{ME-ref|Solopova|p. 90}}</ref> ({{ISSN|1054-7606}}) published by the Elvish Linguistic Fellowship, dedicated to the study of the [[languages constructed by J. R. R. Tolkien]]. The publication is indexed by the [[Modern Language Association]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.csa.com/factsheets/supplements/mla.php |title=MLA International Bibliography Current Serials Source List |publisher=[[ProQuest]] |access-date=2011-01-01 |archive-date=2010-08-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100818214732/http://www.csa.com/factsheets/supplements/mla.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> 

''Vinyar Tengwar'' first appeared in 1988, at first edited by Jorge Quiñónez and later taken over by Hostetter. It appeared in bimonthly intervals at first, but after July 1994, issues appeared more irregularly, roughly once a year, until #49 appeared in June 2007;<ref name="Barella 2007"/> there was then a hiatus until March 2013, when issue #50 appeared. As of 2020, no further issues had been published.<ref name="VT 2020">{{cite web |title=Announcements |url=https://www.elvish.org/VT/ |website=Vinyar Tengwar |access-date=14 September 2021 |date=12 August 2020}}</ref> The journal was dedicated primarily to the editing of [[Elvish languages of Middle-earth#Bibliography|Tolkien's linguistic texts]], some of which were mentioned in volumes of ''[[The History of Middle-earth]]'', edited by Christopher Tolkien, but not published in that series owing to their specialist nature.<ref name="Barella 2007">{{cite book  |last=Barella |first=Cecilia |chapter=Vinyar Tengwar |editor-first=Michael D. C. |editor-last=Drout |editor-link=Michael D. C. Drout |title=[[J. R. R. Tolkien Encyclopedia]] |year=2007 |location=New York |publisher=[[Routledge]] |isbn=978-0-415-96942-0 |page=659 }}</ref>

=== ''Tengwestië'' ===

''Tengwestië'' is the E.L.F.'s online journal. Its editors are Carl F. Hostetter and Patrick H. Wynne. Articles have appeared intermittently.<ref name="Tengwestië">{{cite web |title=Tengwestië |url=https://www.elvish.org/Tengwestie/ |publisher=Elvish Linguistic Fellowship |access-date=8 July 2024}}</ref>

=== ELFcon ===

The ELFcon was the annual open conference of the E.L.F., held from 1991 to 1994. Its purpose was to present scholarly papers on any subject relating to Tolkien's invented languages, to discuss the papers amongst the attendees, and to serve as a friendly gathering for a common intellectual pursuit. ELFcons ended in 1994, but [[Tolkienist]] conventions organized by Bill Welden continued,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://web.comhem.se/~u86023928/omentielva/ |title=International Conference on J.R.R. Tolkien's Invented Languages |year=2005 |access-date=2021-04-21 |archive-date=2005-12-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051219013119/http://web.comhem.se/~u86023928/omentielva/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> renamed to ''Omentielva'',<ref name="About Omentielva"/> from ''omentie'', Quenya for "meeting".<ref>{{cite journal |last=Tolkien |first=J. R. R. |author-link=J. R. R. Tolkien |title=Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in ''The Lord of the Rings'' |journal=Parma Eldalamberon |issue=17 |editor=Christopher Gilson |page=13}}</ref>{{efn|[[Frodo]] uses the word in the phrase ''Elen síla lúmenn' omentielvo'', "A star shines on the hour of our meeting", when he greets the [[Elves in Middle-earth|Elves]] in [[The Shire]].<ref>{{ME-ref|FOTR}} Book 1, ch. 3 "Three is Company"</ref>}} Its proceedings are published in ''Arda Philology''.<ref name="About Omentielva">{{cite web |title=About Omentielva |url=https://omentielva.com/about.htm |website=Omentielva |access-date=5 January 2024}}</ref>

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==References==
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==External links==

*{{official site|elvish.org}}
* [https://www.mythsoc.org/ Mythopoeic Society, the parent organization of ELF]

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